There was an Indian Chief, and he had three squaws, and kept them in
three teepees. When he would come home late from hunting, he would not
know which teepee contained which squaw, being dark and all. He went
hunting one day, and killed a hippopotamus, a bear, and a buffalo. He
put the a hide from each animal into a different teepee, so that when
he came home late, he could feel inside the teepee and he would know
which squaw was inside.

Well after about a year, all three squaws had children. The squaw
on the bear had a baby boy, the squaw on the buffalo hide had a baby
girl. But the squaw on the hippopotamus had a girl and a boy. So what is
the moral of the story?

The son of the squaw on the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws on the other two hides.

The sum of the square of the hypoteneuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

What about the classic prank call - 'RING RING RING RING' 'Hello' 'is your fridge running?' 'yes' 'well you better go catch it' you could have someone answering a phone on one half of the cake and the same person in a running position holding a great big fishing net chasing a fridge on four legs on the other half of the cake. Not really a joke I guess but a lot of people would understand it and find it amusing I would think.

A few years ago I entered a competition where the theme was "Earth Laughs in Flowers". I made a cake depicting the joke "What do you call a country where everyone drives pink cars?" A pink car nation (featuring a basket of pink gumpaste carnations)! The judges didn't get the joke but it was fun. Forgive my cake, I was still very inexperienced when I did this one .

A few years ago I entered a competition where the theme was "Earth Laughs in Flowers". I made a cake depicting the joke "What do you call a country where everyone drives pink cars?" A pink car nation (featuring a basket of pink gumpaste carnations)! The judges didn't get the joke but it was fun. Forgive my cake, I was still very inexperienced when I did this one .

What a lovely cake! ...I guess my fear is that not everyone will get the joke....

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Originally Posted by shanter

How about the Pythagorean theorem as explained by the joke :

That'd be a great fun cake to make- all the figures and animal modelling..... it'll be so funny watching people try to work out the joke! lol

1) several gum paste sheep in various drunken states (some passed out, some slumped over a chair) with little bottles laying around. The caption would read...'Many, Many Tanked Ewes'

2) several gum paste donkeys in a row, holding hands. The caption would read...'Thank you, or as they say in Germany...Donkey Chain'

You could also do a cake that has mickey mouse and donald duck on it. The caption would read 'what mouse walks on 2 legs...mickey' The next caption would read 'what duck walks on 2 legs ...?' Most people will want to say donald but they would be wrong. The answer is ALL ducks.